Fox buys rights to make a movie about comic-book legend Stan Lee

Los Angeles - 20th Century Fox have bought the rights to make a movie about Stan Lee.

The 93-year-old comic-book writer, who has famously made cameos in several Marvel movies, including Thor and The Avengers, is now getting a film made about his life, but it will not be a biopic.

The studio - who helped bring X-Men and The Fantastic Four to the big screen - have acquired the rights to make a motion picture about the living legend, with the goal to create a period action-adventure movie.

The project will be an adventure with Stan as the central character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It has been described by one insider as being similar to Roger Moore's 007.

Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, the producers behind movies such as Twilight and The Maze Runner, are attached to produce the film, with Stan Lee himself - along with Gil Champion - serving as executive producer.